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- Title
Difficulties and Failure of Laryngeal mask Insertion in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Authors
Ölmez, Gönül; Nazaro&gcaron;lu, Hasan; Arslan, Seher Gündüz; Özyilmaz, Mehmet Ali; Turhano&gcaron;lu, Ayşe Dicle
- Abstract
This article focuses on difficulties and failure of laryngeal mask insertion in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Patients with AS present some specific challenges to the anesthetist in both airway management and neuraxial access. This article describes the management of a patient with AS with fixed rigidity of the cervical spine in whom intubation or insertion of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) could not be accomplished because of the acute oropharyngeal axes. It is suggested that the oropharyngeal axis should be measured before performing anesthesia in a patient with severe AS because of the difficulties in intubation with an LMA.
- Subjects
ANKYLOSING spondylitis; SPONDYLITIS; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; CERVICAL vertebrae; INTUBATION; ANKYLOSIS
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 2004, Vol 34, Issue 5, p349
- ISSN
1300-0144
- Publication type
Article